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The custody battle between Deion and Pilar Sanders continued on Monday. Jurors are expected to have the case Tuesday at noon. (Published Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013)

Updated at 11:20 PM CDT on Monday, Mar 11, 2013

Deion and Pilar Sanders returned to court Monday morning for day five of their jury trial. Their drama-filled custody battle continues with Deion Sanders' current love interest, Tracey Edmonds, the first to take the stand.

Deion Sanders' defense team argued that Edmonds doesn’t have anything to do with his child custody battle, but that didn’t keep her off the stand.

When Edmonds was asked by NBC 5 what she thought about getting involved in the hearing she answered, “I’m not.” She may not want to be involved in the contentious case over the Sanders’ three kids, but the attorneys for Deion Sanders' estranged wife, Pilar Sanders, subpoenaed her.

The court order forced Edmonds to fly from California to testify Monday morning.

Adultery Accusations Fly in Sanders Custody Battle

Deion Sanders' current girlfriend Tracey Edmonds took the stand as Pilar Sanders' lawyers try to prove adultery as the couple battles for custody of their three children. (Published Monday, Mar 11, 2013)

Edmonds, a film production company CEO, said she met Deion Sanders at church in 2011 and met his wife at the couple's home while shooting for their reality show in 2012. Deion Sanders said he and Edmonds began dating after he filed for divorce.

“She’ll provide some insight into her relationship with Deion and some prospective into what a working woman does. I think one of Deion’s complaints is Pilar has been a working woman. I think Tracey’s also a working woman,” said Larry Friedman, Pilar Sanders’ attorney.

Friedman claims Edmonds taunted Pilar Sanders by circling around her in her car at the courthouse on Friday and then harassed her in the bathroom Monday morning. Edmonds denies the allegations. Friedman also told the jury that Edmonds has spent the night several times at Deion Sanders' Prosper home when the couple's children were present.

Deion Sanders' Girlfriend Called to Testify

Tracey Edmonds, the girlfriend of Deion Sanders is called to testify in the custody battle over his children. (Published Monday, Mar 11, 2013)

“The concern [is] obvious when you have three young children. The concerns of adultery are obvious,” Friedman said.

Deion Sanders and Edmonds have denied their relationship began prior to the start of the divorce proceedings.

"With Tracey and my ex, Tracey and Carolyn harassing her, we've heard some good ones,” Deion Sanders said. “This courtroom has really established some good old fashioned lies."

Deion Sanders’ property manager and longtime friend Billy Jones was also called to the stand.

He testified that he’s seen Pilar Sanders “beat” the couple’s boys, adding one of the boys called him upset, saying “my mama has gone crazy”, he claims over Pilar Sanders loss of several followers on Twitter.

Pilar Sanders said that testimony was not true.

She testified that, while her sons are in Deion Sanders’ custody, she suspects they have been taken out of state instead of attending school.

She describes one incident where she says she was “frantic”, trying to locate the whereabouts of one of the boys, after discovering he was not in Oklahoma, like she had been told.

Deion Sanders’ attorneys came back at Pilar, questioning why she posted very public information, including a letter, on social media where her children could see the intimate details of the conflict between their parents.

A pastor both Deion and Pilar Sanders considered a close family friend who tried counseling the two took the stand.

"I'm not here to condemn her, haven't done it in press or media, but they've sure done it to me, it is what it is," Deion Sanders said.

Both parents have expressed their desire to keep the three children out of the courtroom.

“It would be my hope they wouldn’t. I wouldn’t want to put then through anything we’re going the now. It’s horrendous,” said Pilar Sanders.